William Hague: Britain will help Syria refugees but deny radicals

William Hague insisted the Syrian civil war affected the UK’s national security (Picture: PA)

Britain is set to open its doors to the ‘most vulnerable’ Syrian refugees, William Hague has revealed.

The foreign secretary said the Home Office could offer some people in refugee camps a way out of their misery.

But he warned there was a ‘serious danger’ of radicalised British Muslims returning from jihad and carrying out terror attacks on home soil.

‘I think there is a case for helping people who are particularly vulnerable,’ he told BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show.

A man walks amid damage and debris in the besieged area of Homs in Syria (Picture: Reuters)

‘That’s what the home secretary is working on – how we try to help people who actually might need to get away from that region altogether,’ said Mr Hague.

‘I do want to emphasise, though, that whatever we can do on that, our main effort to help people will remain what we do out there.’

Asked if there remained a threat of British nationals travelling to Syria and returning as radicals, Mr Hague added: ‘Yes, and this is why a conflict like this affects us. It affects our own national security. The longer it goes on, the greater these dangers are.’

He reiterated Britain would hunt down anyone bringing radicalism back to these shores, saying their passports or leave to remain would be removed.